Professor of Pediatrics, California Northstate University, 2016-present

Senator, California State Senate, District 6, 2014-2022

Candidate, California State Senate, District 6, 2018

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2010-2014

Chair, California Asian Pacific Islanders Legislative Caucus, California State Senate, 2010-present

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Biliteracy and Dual Immersion Programs in California Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Children with Special Needs Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Elections and Redistricting Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Health Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Passenger Rail Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Select Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on the Social Determinants of Children's Well-Being, California State Senate

Former Member, Student Success Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee 4 on State Administration and General Government, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on California's Innovation, Technology and LIfe Sciences Economy, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Invasive Species, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Olive Oil Production and Emerging Products, California State Senate

Former Member, Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, California State Assembly

Pediatrician, WellSpace Health, 2011-present

Former Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of California, Davis

Physician, University of California Davis Children's Hospital

Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, 1998–2012

President, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society, 2001-2005

Dyson Child Advocacy and Primary Care Research Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital, 1995–1998

Instructor, Harvard Medical School, 1994-1998

Resident and Chief Resident in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1991–1995

Board Director, United Way California Capitol Region, 2004-present

Delegate, American Academy of Pediatrics to the American Medical Association

Senior Fellow, American Leadership Forum Mountain Valley Chapter

Member, American Medical Assocation

Member, California Medical Assocation

Founder, Communities and Health Professionals Together

District Vice-Chair, District IX (California), American Academy of Pediatrics

Co-Founder, Sacramento Health Improvement Project

Member, Serve Elk Grove

Member, Union of American Physicians and Dentists

Member, United Way California Capitol Region

Member, Council on Medical Education, American Medical Association, 2003-2011

Co-Founder, Board Chair, Healthy Kids Healthy Future Program, 2005-2011

Board Director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), 2004-2010

Trustee, California Medical Assocation, 2009-2010

Board Member, Blood Source, 2006-2009

Commissioner, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 2004-2009

Board Member, Sacramento First 5 Commission, 1999–2005

Trustee, Massachusettes Medical Society, 1994-1995

Awards:

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine AOA Chapter, 1991; Chancellor's Achievement Award for Diversity and Community, University of California, Davis, 2003; Hearts and Hands Award, Child Abuse Prevention Council of Sacramento, 2007; Medical Honor Award, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society, 2007; Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning, Campus Compact, 2008; Lydia Smiley Award, California School Nurses Organization, 2009; Clarence La Rue Outstanding Volunteer Award, United Way California Capitol Region, 2009; Abraham Jacobi Memorial Award, American Academy of Pediatrics & American Medical Association, 2009; Physician Humanitarian Award, Medical Board of California, 2010; Voices For Change, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, 2011; Freedom from Want Award, Sacramento Stonewall Democratic Club, 2011; Legislative Champion, March of Dimes, 2012; John F. Kennedy Award, Veterans Democratic Club of Sacramento County, 2012; Civil Justice Leadership Award, Civil Justice Association of California, 2012; Champion of Family Medicine, California Academy of Family Physicians, 2013; California Legislator of the Year, American Academy of Pediatrics, California District, 2013; John Travis Leadership Award, California Faculty Association, 2013; Legislator of the Year, California School Employees Association, 2013; Legislator of the Year, Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, 2014; Helen Andrus Memorial Award, Sacramento District Dental Society, 2014; Friend of Child Nutrition, California School Nutrition Association, 2014; Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service, American Medical Association, 2014; Humane State Legislator Award, Humane Society of the United States, 2014; Champion for Coverage - Legislative Leadership Award, California Coverage & Health Initiatives, 2014; Legislator of the Year, Donate Life California, 2014; Clinic Champion Award, California Primary Care Association, 2014; Policymaker of the Year, California Black Health Network, 2014; Champions Award, Sacramento County Young Democrats, 2014; Clinic Champion, California Primary Care Association, 2015; Willie L. Brown Mentor of the Year, honor issuer California Young Democrats, 2015; Hero of Vaccine History, TIME, 2015; Difference Maker Award, Cares Community Health, 2015; Legislator of the Year, Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA), 2015; Dr. Bertram "Bert" W. Coffer Excellence in Government Award, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2016; Florence Kelley Consumer Leadership Award, National Consumer League, 2016; RareVoice Award, EveryLife Foundation, 2016

Favorite Book:

Bowling Alone, by Putnam; Building Communities from the Inside Out, by Kretzmann & McKnight; Community Child Health, by Palfrey; Guns Germs and Steel, by Diamond; The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, by Morris; The Last Lion, (Churchill biography) by Manchester; Dreadnought, Peter the Great, by Massie

Favorite Quote:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt

"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" - Robert Kennedy

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." - President John F. Kennedy

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." - Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Publications:

A New Forumla for Child Health, 2008; Building Healthier Communities for Children and Families: Applying Asset-Based Community Development to Community Pediatrics, 2005